EARLY CLOSING

The Library at Maidstone Hospital will be closing tonight, Wednesday 28th March, at 5pm due to staff sickness. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Usual 24/7 access is still available.

Easter Opening Times

Happy Easter!

The Trust Libraries will be closed on:

Good Friday: 6th April

Easter Monday: 9th April

Usual 24 hour access arrangements will continue to apply throughout the Easter Break.

Please contact staff at your nearest site for details of how to sign up for 24 hour access.

EARLY LIBRARY CLOSING

The Library at Maidstone Hospital will be closing tonight, Wednesday 14th March, at 5pm due to staff sickness. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Usual 24/7 access is still available.

LITERATUE SEARCH TRAINING

FREE TRAINING SESSIONS, in how to do effective literature searching, will be available at The Library, Woodlands House, Pembury on the 2nd Tuesday of every month with effect from Tuesday, 13th March between 1 pm and 2 pm. If you are interested please contact a member of staff on 01892 633119.

Should you wish one to one training at any other time contact us and we will arrange a time suitable to you.

Workplace Training

The Outreach Library Service is for NHS staff working in the community in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. I can assist you to access books, journals and electronic resources, and to help you get the information you want, without the need to visit the Health Library.

I can introduce you to a range of useful health knowledge resources and point you towards sources for evidence-based. I can also help you with Athens registration and to make the best use of the NHS databases and electronic journals.

I provide a flexible service and sessions can take place at your workplace at a time to suit you. The training is informal and tailored to your interests and the time you have available.

Topics include:

• Finding quality health information on the Internet
• Finding the evidenceSearching healthcare databases
• Searching the National Library for Health
• Literature searching skills
• Using e-mail effectively

For more information or to book training sessions please contact:

Alison Paul, Outreach Training ManagerLibrary, Pembury Hospital.

01892 633019 (answer phone) 07811 487547

alison.paul@nhs.net

Pembury Library Update

PEMBURY LIBRARY, which is now based at Woodlands House, is now fully operational. Come and see us in our new premises where you can access books and journals and use the computers. (We also have a selection of recently withdrawn books for sale from 50p)

24 hour access is available for those who have registered. Please visit the library to register if you would like to use the library out of hours. Once you have done this the out of hour's key and swipe card can be obtained from the lodge at the site entrance. When this is closed please phone the porters from the phone at the lodge who will give you the access key.

Our normal opening hours are:
Monday to Thursday 8.30 am - 5 pm
Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm

Christmas Opening Times

Wishing all our users a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Week Beginning Monday 18th December:

Usual advertised opening times on all sites

Week Beginning Monday 25th December:

Monday 25th (Christmas Day): Closed

Tuesday 26th (Boxing Day): Closed

Wednesday 27th Open: 10:00 'til 15:00

Thursday 28th Open: 10:00 'til 15:00

Friday 29th Open: 10:00 'til 15:00

Week beginning Monday 1st January 2007:

Monday 1st New Year's Day: Closed

Tuesday - Friday Usual advertised opening times

Our usual 24 hour access arrangements continue to apply throughout the Christmas period.

Get blogging!!

If you like this blog, and would like to set one up for yourself, I can offer training and support.
We have a Know How help guide on our website (www.mtwlibrary.nhs.uk) that will get you started, or you can contact Emma Aldrich for training (emma.aldrich@nhs.net)

You can now subscribe to an RSS feed of this blog - just use the blog URL (http://mtwlibrary.blogspot.com) when adding content to your feed-reader. No idea what RSS is? We have a Know How help guide to get you started with RSS. Please contact Emma Aldrich (emma.aldrich@nhs.net) / 01622 224647 if you are interested in training, or want to know how RSS can make information handling so much easier.

Tuesday Training

Spaces still left!

Free training in how to do effective literature searching is available from your library!There are still spaces available for the training session at:

Maidstone on Tuesday 5th December 1-2pm

Kent & Sussex on Tuesday 19th December 1-2pm

If you want to take up one of these places, please contact a member of the library staff.

Book sale at Kent & Sussex Hospital Library

The Kent & Sussex Hospital Library has a new selection of withdrawn books for sale. Prices are very reasonable so please come and have a look at what's on offer and you might find a bargain!

Library Noticeboards

Library Noticeboards

Have you seen the noticeboards in our Libraries? Each month a new topic of current interest will be displayed. This month we feature Alcohol, have you done the net doctor alcohol quiz "Do you drink too much"? You may be pleased with the results. Please take a look when using the Libraries. Please let us know what you think and any subject we should be covering. For more information or comments please email Judith Strutt at judith.strutt@nhs.net

Library Computers....

Did you know.....?

The Library at the Maidstone site has an independent IT network which enables library users to get access to Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and other web-based mail packages blocked by the Trust.

We can also offer access to the web when the Trust network is unavailable.

This service will soon be available at the library at Kent & Sussex Hospital.

Art Competition Winner

Artistic Flair

Congratulations to a member of the library staff at Maidstone, Yvette Howell-Williams, who won first place in the Trust's art competition.

Well done Eevee!

The artwork is displayed on the stair well in the Postgrad Centre - stop and have a look on your way up to the Library.

Spaces still left for Tuesday Training!

Spaces still left!

Free training in how to do effective literature searching is available from your library!
There are still spaces available for the training session at:

Maidstone on Tuesday 7th November 1-2pm
Kent & Sussex on Tuesday 21st November 1-2pm

If you want to take up one of these places, please contact a member of the library staff.

Library Closures

The three libraries will be closed until 2pm on Friday 20th October 2006 for a full team staff meeting. Usual 24/7 access arrangements will apply.

Pembury Library Move II

The Library at the Pembury site has now moved into its new premises at Woodlands House - back to business as usual! Do call in and visit us soon.

Pembury Library Move

PEMBURY LIBRARY is moving and will be closed from Wednesday 4th October to Friday, 6th October inclusive. Books due for return on these dates will not incur fines. As from 8.30 am on Monday 9th October we will be pleased to see you at WOODLANDS HOUSE, at the north end of the site, near the main car park. Please note 24 hour access will NOT be available during this period.

Bank Holiday Closure

The three Trust libraries will be closed on Monday 28th August 2006.

Library strategy - your comments welcome

The library and knowledge services strategy outlines the framework for developments until 2010. Your feedback will make the strategy more effective. I would be very pleased to have your comments, if possible by Monday 21 August.

The strategy can be accessed from
http://mtwweb/CGT/Library/default.htm
or http://www.mtwlibrary.nhs.uk

Many thanks
David Copsey

david.copsey@nhs.net

National Knowledge Week for Psoriasis

This week is National Knowledge Week for Psoriasis.

The National Knowledge Week on Biological Therapies for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis is being organised by the NLH Skin Disorders Specialist Library to coincide with the release by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of new guidance on biological therapies in the form of two Technology Appraisals: Efalizumab and etanercept for the treatment of adults with psoriasis and Etanercept and infliximab for the treatment of adults with psoriatic arthritis. (Taken from http://www.library.nhs.uk/skin/Page.aspx?pagename=NKWHOME)

To view more information about Psoriasis and the guidance issued by NICE, go to:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/skin/